{"id":145629,"date":"2025-09-18T15:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/145629\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:54:12","slug":"lease-a-bike-strikes-again-and-strengthens-grand-tour-squad-with-talented-italian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/145629\/","title":{"rendered":"Lease a Bike strikes again and strengthens grand tour squad with talented Italian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another new signing for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/visma-lease-a-bike\" title=\"Visma | Lease a Bike\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visma <\/a>| Lease a Bike. The Dutch team has already seen key riders like Tiesj Benoot, Olav Kooij, Dylan van Baarle, and Attila Valter depart, but now strengthens its grand tour core with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/davide-piganzoli\" title=\"Davide Piganzoli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Davide Piganzoli<\/a>. The talented Italian joins from Polti VisitMalta.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old made his breakthrough at EOLO Kometa, now Polti VisitMalta, where last year he claimed his first victories. In February, he won the queen stage of the Tour of Alanya, laying the foundation for the overall victory in the Turkish four-day race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavide is a rider in whom we see a lot of potential,\u201d said Head of Racing Grischa Niermann in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamvismaleaseabike.nl\/nieuws\/nieuws\/jong-talent-piganzoli-wil-volgende-stap-in-carriere-zetten-bij-team-visma-lease-a-bike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a>. The German was clear about the young Italian\u2019s role. \u201cHe will strengthen our grand tour squad, initially in a support role, but he will of course also get his own chances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Piganzoli already has grand tour experience, having ridden the Giro d\u2019Italia twice with Polti. At his new team, he\u2019ll be able to further develop in three-week races. \u201cWe want to help him grow to the next level as a GC rider, and we\u2019re happy that he chose us and our project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading below the photo!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/davide-piganzoli-68ca84247f4dd.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto\" alt=\"davide piganzoli\"\/>\u201cStep by step I want to develop myself as a GC rider,\u201d says Piganzoli<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a big step in my career,\u201d Piganzoli said about his transfer. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to riding for a new team and getting to know all my new teammates and staff. The Visma | Lease a Bike project really appealed to me because I believe I can truly continue developing as a GC rider here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Where other riders have often praised Visma | Lease a Bike\u2019s environment and professionalism, the Italian feels the same, as his words show: \u201cThere is so much expertise in this team: all the experienced riders, the equipment, the structure, and much more. Step by step I want to keep developing myself as a GC rider.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the sixth new signing for the Dutch team and the fourth from outside. The Killer Bees are also promoting Tim Rex and Pietro Mattio from the development squad this winter, while Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Filippo Fiorelli (Bardiani), and Timo Kielich (Alpecin\u2013Deceuninck) have been brought in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another new signing for Visma | Lease a Bike. The Dutch team has already seen key riders like&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-145629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}